Post #5: Local Challenges in Managing Energy Resiliency
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Post #4: What Goes Into Energy Resiliency Planning
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Post #3: Don’t Overlook These Green Opportunities
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Post #2: Energy Assurance Planning – the Business Case for Microgrids
Under the sponsorship of the California Energy Commission (CEC), California has launched a program to assist local governments in developing plans to become more energy resilient. The California Local Energy Assurance Planning (CaLEAP) program provides funding to local governments, as the first line of defense in emergency response, to better prepare for and respond to natural disasters or other events that might interrupt the provision of electricity and...
Post #1: When the Lights Go Out in the City
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Looking Back: The Ten Year Anniversary of the NE Blackout
I was in China in Daya Bay in August 14th 2003, working with a Chinese Power Provider. I will never forget the email I received from a friend in the industry about abnormal conditions on the grid that morning. When I logged into the system via my VPN connection it was clear that the grid was not having a good day, little did I know at the time that more than 50 million people would be without power by the end of the day. Like a slow motion train wreck I wa...
Know Your Network
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Green Button Test Program Nearing Launch
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Jeremy Laundergan’s article featured in AESP’s monthly newsletter
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Transactive Energy is Coming to the Wild West
Transactive Energy is a hot buzzword recently, so I’m going to join the bandwagon and highlight a place where they’re building the foundation for transactive energy.
Texas and more specifically, the ERCOT service area, continues to move forward in establishing an environment where transactive energy services can grow. There are two significant factors that make Texas unique: pervasive retail choice and Smart Meter Texas (SMT).
Starting in 2002, compe...